Serie A · 2024Sun, 5 Jan 2025, 11:30 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Monza

DLLLL

1–2Full-time recap

Cagliari

WLLLL

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Monza	Cagliari
Shots	6 shots/match	13 shots/match▲
Shots on target	2 shots/match	4 shots/match▲
Expected goals	1.58 xG/match▲	0.85 xG/match
Possession	53%●	47%
Corners	1 corners/match	3 corners/match●
Fouls	16 fouls/match	19 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Monza: 6 shots, 2 on target, 1.61 xG. Cagliari: 13 shots, 4 on target, 0.82 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Monza 1.61 xG · Cagliari 0.82 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Monza's last-five shots average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Monza's home-only shot average is above their full-season average. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Monza's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Monza's last-five shots average is above their season average.

13.8 shots/match▲ShotsLast 5 · Season9.26 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Shots	13.8 shots/match	9.26 shots/match	13.1 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Monza have a visible home split

moderate

Monza's home-only shot average is above their full-season average.

11 shots/match▲ShotsHome only · Season9.26 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: home

Metric	Home only	Season	Baseline
Shots	11 shots/match	9.26 shots/match	13.1 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

moderate

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

14.2 fouls/matchFoulsMonza · Cagliari13.6 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Monza	Cagliari	Baseline
Fouls	14.2 fouls/match	13.6 fouls/match	11.8 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Monza

1Draws

0Cagliari

16 Mar 2024Monza — Cagliari · Serie A1–0

26 Nov 2023Cagliari — Monza · Serie A1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Monza favored in 4 of 13 directional metrics · Cagliari in 5 · 4 too close

0.89 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 19/19▲0.95 goals/match

1.42 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 19/191.68 goals/match

0.94 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 19/19▲1.35 xG/match

1.25 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 19/191.69 xG/match

9.26 shots/matchShotsseason · 19/19▲13.2 shots/match

13.4 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 19/1914.2 shots/match

2.74 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 19/19▲3.68 shots/match

4.26 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 19/194.37 shots/match

48.7%●Possessionseason · 19/1947.5%

3.79 corners/matchCornersseason · 19/19●5.74 corners/match

4.95 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 19/19▲4.63 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

14.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 19/1913.6 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

11%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 19/1911%

68%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 19/1953%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Monza47.5

Cagliari37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Monza7.5

Cagliari40.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Monza45

Cagliari29.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Monza2.5

Cagliari92.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Monza77.5

Cagliari72.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Monza7.5

Cagliari87.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Monza23.8

Cagliari65

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Monza19 matchesCagliari19 matches

0.89 goals/matchGoals scored19/19▲0.95 goals/match

1.42 goals/match▲Goals allowed19/191.68 goals/match

0.94 xG/matchExpected goals19/19▲1.35 xG/match

9.26 shots/matchShots19/19▲13.2 shots/match

2.74 shots/matchShots on target19/19▲3.68 shots/match

48.7%●Possession19/1947.5%

3.79 corners/matchCorners19/19●5.74 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

14.2 fouls/matchFouls19/1913.6 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Monza10 matchesCagliari9 matches

0.8 goals/matchGoals scored10/9▲1.11 goals/match

1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed10/91.56 goals/match

0.99 xG/matchExpected goals10/9▲1.42 xG/match

11 shots/matchShots10/911.4 shots/match

2.7 shots/matchShots on target10/9▲3 shots/match

49.2%●Possession10/947.4%

3.9 corners/matchCorners10/9●5.11 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

13.6 fouls/matchFouls10/913.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.77 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples19 / 19home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 5 Jan 2025, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4